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Selected Publications:
Tytell, E.D. & Ellington, C.P. (2003). How to perform measurements in a hovering animal’s wake: physical modelling of the vortex wake of the hawkmoth, Manduca Sexta. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 358: 1559-1566.
Usherwood J.R., Ellington C.P. (2002). The aerodynamics of revolving wings - I. Model hawkmoth wings. J. exp. Biol. 205 (11), 1547-1564.
Usherwood J.R., Ellington C.P. (2002). The aerodynamics of revolving wings - II. Propeller force coefficients from mayfly to quail. J. exp. Biol. 205 (11), 1565-1576.
Askew G.N., Marsh R.L., Ellington C.P. (2001). The mechanical power output of the flight muscles of blue-breasted quail (Coturnix chenensis) during take-off. J. exp. Biol. 204 (21), 3601-3619.
Ellington, C.P. and Usherwood, J.R. (2001). Lift and drag characteristics of
rotary and flapping wings. In Fixed and Flapping Wing Aerodynamics for Micro
Air Vehicle Applications (ed. T.J. Mueller), pp. 231-248. Progress in
Astronautics and Aeronautics, vol. 195.
Sunada, S. and Ellington, C.P. (2001). A new method for explaining the generation of aerodynamic forces in flapping flight. Math. Methods Applied Sciences 24, 1377-1386.48.
Hedenström, A., Ellington, C.P. and Wolf, T.J. (2001). Wing wear, aerodynamics and flight energetics in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): an experimental study. Funct. Ecol. 15, 417-422.
Sunada, S. and Ellington, C.P. (2000). Approximate added-mass method for estimating induced power for flapping flight. AIAA Journal 38, 1313-1321.
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Tytell E.D., Ellington C.P. (2000) The vortex wake of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta: simulation and Reynolds number effects. Am. Zool. 40 (6), 1241-1241.
Ellington, C.P. (1999). The novel aerodynamics of insect flight: applications to micro-air vehicles. J. exp. Biol. 202, 3439-3448.
Srygley, R.B. and Ellington, C.P. (1999). Estimating the relative fitness of local adaptive peaks: the aerodynamic costs of flight in mimetic passion-vine butterflies Heliconius. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266, 2239-2245.
Srygley, R.B. and Ellington, C.P. (1999). Discrimination of flying mimetic, passion-vine butterflies Heliconius. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266, 2137-2140.
Ellington, C.P. (1999). The aerodynamics of insect-based flapping machines.
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Wolf, T.J., Ellington, C.P. and Begley,
Altringham, J.D. and Ellington, C.P. (eds). (1999). Designs for Life: the Science of Biomechanics. J. exp. Biol. 202 (23).
Liu. H., Ellington, C.P., Kawachi, K., van den Berg, C. and Willmott, A.P. (1998). A computational fluid dynamic study of hawkmoth hovering. J. exp. Biol. 201, 461-477.
Willmott, A.P. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). The mechanics of flight in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. II. Aerodynamic consequences of kinematic and morphological variation. J. exp. Biol. 200, 2723-2745.
Willmott, A.P. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). The mechanics of flight in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. I. Kinematics of hovering and forward flight. J. exp. Biol. 200, 2705-2722.
Willmott, A.P. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). Measuring the angle of attack of beating insect wings: robust 3-dimensional reconstruction from 2-dimensional images. J. exp. Biol. 200, 2693-2704.
Willmott, A.P., Thomas, A.L.R., van den Berg, C. and Ellington, C.P. (1977). Moths, machines and vortices: two new techniques for visualizing the wakes of flying insects. In Proc. Pacific Symp. Flow Visualization and Image Processing, 278-283.
Josephson, R.K. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). Power output from a flight muscle of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. I. Some features of the dorso-ventral flight muscle. J. exp. Biol. 200, 1215-1226.
Willmott, A.P., Ellington, C.P. and Thomas, A.L.R. (1997). Flow visualization and unsteady aerodynamics in the flight of the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 352, 303-316.
Wakeling, J.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). Dragonfly flight III. Lift and power requirements. J. exp. Biol. 200, 583-600.
Wakeling, J.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). Dragonfly flight II. Velocities, accelerations and kinematics of flapping flight. J. exp. Biol. 200, 557-582.
Wakeling, J.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1997).
van den Berg, C. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). The three-dimensional leading-edge vortex of a 'hovering' model hawkmoth. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 352, 329-340.
van den Berg, C. and Ellington, C.P. (1997). The vortex wake of a 'hovering' model hawkmoth. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 352, 317-328.
Ellington, C.P., van den Berg, C., Willmott, A.P. and Thomas, A.L.R. (1996). Leading-edge vortices in insect flight. Nature 384, 626-630.
Wolf, T.J., Ellington, C.P.,
Ellington, C.P. (1995). Unsteady aerodynamics of insect flight. In Biological Fluid Dynamics. ed. C.P. Ellington and T.J. Pedley. Symp. Soc. exp. Biol. 49, 109-129.
Ellington, C.P. and Pedley, T.J. (eds). (1995). Biological Fluid Dynamics. Symp. Soc. exp. Biol. 49.
Wells, D.J. and Ellington, C.P. (1994). Beyond the vertebrates: Achieving maximum power during flight in insects and hummingbirds. Adv. Vet. Sci. Comp. Med. 38B, 219-232.
Tregear, R.T., Townes, E., Gabriel, J.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1993). Inferences
concerning crossbridges from work on insect muscle. In Mechanism of
Myofilament Sliding in Muscle Contraction. ed. H. Sugi and G. Pollack.
Gilmour, K.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1993). In vivo muscle length changes in bumblebees, and the in vitro effects on work and power. J. exp. Biol. 183, 101-113.
Gilmour, K.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1993). Power output of glycerinated bumblebee flight muscle. J. exp. Biol. 183, 77-100.
Casey,T.M., Ellington, C.P. and Gabriel, J.M. (1992). Allometric scaling of muscle performance and metabolism: insects. Adv. Biosci. 84, 152-162.
Wootton, R.J. and Ellington, C.P. (1991). Biomechanics and the origin of
insect flight. In Biomechanics in Evolution (ed. J. M. V. Rayner
and R. J. Wootton), pp. 99-112.
Ellington, C.P. (1991). Aerodynamics and the origin of insect flight. Adv. Insect Physiol. 23, 171-210.
Ellington, C.P. (1991). Limitations on animal flight performance. J. exp. Biol. 160, 71-91.
Ellington, C.P., Machin, K.E. and Casey, T.M. (1990). Oxygen consumption of bumblebees in forward flight. Nature, Lond. 347, 472-473.
Dudley, R. and Ellington, C.P. (1990). Mechanics of forward flight in bumblebees. II. Quasi-steady lift and power requirements. J. exp. Biol. 148, 53-88.
Dudley, R. and Ellington, C.P. (1990). Mechanics of forward flight in bumblebees. I. Kinematics and morphology. J. exp. Biol. 148, 19-52.
Wolf, Th.J., Schmid-Hempel, P., Ellington, C.P. and Stevenson, R.D. (1989). Physiological correlates of foraging efforts in honey-bees: oxygen consumption and nectar load. Funct. Ecol. 3, 417-424.
Casey, T.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1989). Energetics of insect flight. In Energy
Transformations in Cells and Organisms. ed. W. Wieser and E. Gnaiger. pp.
200-210.
Ellington, C.P. (1985). Power and efficiency of insect flight muscle. J. exp. Biol. 115, 293-304.
Ellington, C.P. (1984g). The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. VI. Lift and power requirements. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 305, 145-181.
Ellington, C.P. (1984f). The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. V. A vortex theory. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 305, 115-144.
Ellington, C.P. (1984e). The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. IV. Aerodynamic mechanisms. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 305, 79-113.
Ellington, C.P. (1984d). The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. III. Kinematics. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 305, 41-78.
Ellington, C.P. (1984c). The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. II. Morphological parameters. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 305, 17-40.
Ellington, C.P. (1984b). The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. I. The quasi-steady analysis. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 305, 1-15.
Ellington, C.P. (1984a). The aerodynamics of flapping flight. Amer. Zool. 24, 95-105.
Ellington, C.P. (1980). Wing mechanics and take-off preparation of thrips (Thysanoptera). J. exp. Biol. 85, 129-136.
Ellington, C.P. (1980). Vortices and hovering flight. In Instationäre
Effekte an schwingenden Tierflügeln. ed. W. Nachtigall. pp. 64-101.
Unwin, D.M. and Ellington, C.P. (1979). An optical tachometer for measurement of the wingbeat frequency of free-flying insects. J. exp. Biol. 82, 377-378.
Ellington, C.P. (1978). The aerodynamics of normal hovering flight: three
approaches. In Comparative Physiology - Water, Ions and Fluid Mechanics.
ed. K. Schmidt-Nielsen, L. Bolis and S.H.P. Maddrell. pp. 327-345.
Ellington, C.P. (1975). Non-steady-state aerodynamics of the flight of Encarsia
Vogel, S., Ellington, C.P. and Kilgore, D.L. (1973). Wind-induced ventilation of the burrow of the Prairie-Dog. J. comp. Physiol. 85, 1-14.
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